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WoRMS taxon details
original description
Forbes, E. 1843. On the radiata of the eastern Mediterranean. Trans. Linn. Soc. London, 19: 143-153. page(s): 145 [details]
taxonomy source
O'Hara, T. D.; Stöhr, S.; Hugall, A. F.; Thuy, B.; Martynov, A. (2018). Morphological diagnoses of higher taxa in Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata) in support of a new classification. <em>European Journal of Taxonomy.</em> (416)., available online at https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2018.416 [details]
basis of record
Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i>. 50: pp. 336-351. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source
Clark, A. M. (1968). Notes on some tropical indo-pacific ophiotrichids and ophiodermatids (Ophiuroidea). <em>Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Zoology.</em> 16(7): 277-322, 1pl., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/63833#/summary [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Nomenclature Pectinura has been confused in some sources with the Carboniferous genus Pectenura Haude, 1982. Both are available names of unrelated taxa. [details]Unreviewed
Description Lyman (1874) says that Ophiopeza does not differ from Pectinura, except in having small supplementary mouth-shields. [details]
Remark Type species: P. vestita Forbes by monotypy. H.L. Clark suggested placing Ophiopeza in synonymy with Pectinura; according to Mortensen, cited in A.M. Clark (1968), this should wait untill the type species is better studied. [details]
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